A brief history of one of the most famous fighter units of the Luftwaffe, JG 2 "Richthofen." The 28 page book with English text contains a chronological overview of the unit s activities, which is supplemented with 43 photos, tables of unit commanders and planes used, as well as color profiles of 4 aircraft. The book includes a decal sheet printed by Cartograf, which contains 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings of the following planes:

- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4; W.Nr. 5159, 'White 9', flown by Oblt. Hermann Reifferscheidt, Kapitan of 1./JG 2, Beaumont-le-Roger airfield, France,...

Tests with the Arado Ar 234 prototypes demonstrated that straight wings retained their good aerodynamic characteristics only at speeds below 800 kph. Near-supersonic flights demanded a completely new approach to wing geometry. On 9th December 1942 two Arado company engineers, Rudiger Kosin and Walter Lehmann, patented a crescent shaped wing, which had its sweep and chord decreasing from root to tip. In mid-1944 Kosin decided to use his wing design on the Arado 234. Five variants of the wing were built, designated Versuchsflugel I through V, each differing in its sweep. Nevertheless, none of...